Lucky Star Credit Card
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 12, 2009 04:26 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Konata, Lucky Star, Marketing, Money, Otaku, Shopping
Major Japanese credit card issuer Orient Corporation has begun taking applications for a Lucky Star credit card, featuring Konata as illustrated above.
The card, dubbed “Lucky Star Card”, will allow the collection of points through the profligate spending otaku are so skilled at, and these can be exchanged for special goods.
For the less brazen otaku, the card is registered with a “mobile phone wallet”, as “some people may find it hard to use outside of Akihabara,” or in other words the funny looks may be too embarrassing for sensitive Kona-ists.
The company, which openly states such cards give it a good yield in spite of their small issuance numbers, has already been issuing a variety of other anime-related cards, so it is a wonder it took them this long…
Via Business-i.
You can also see a similar strategy in operation with the Idolmaster cards we saw previously.
Anyone without pure Yamato blood running through their veins can probably forget about acquiring one of these, as Japanese credit card companies are very reticent about issuing cards to foreigners, let alone ones who don’t have a “proper” job…
That aside, it seems they are a little late to the party? And when will they begin issuing custom printed cards?
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Impulsive otakus with credit options? Uhhhhh...This is why we are fucked up with the economy.
Btw DO WANT!!! xD
I do beleive that Konata is not supposed to be human... D:
I wish i had Capital One right now...
it's a bit ironic that japanese credit card companies are wary of those who aren't quite japanese enough, and yet still go through companies like visa and mastercard which aren't japanese companies. oh the joys of xenophobia!
Artefact, once again I don't understand some of your background for writing these "facts about Japan". When I started living here (in Japan) a year ago I had no problem finding a house and no problem at creating a credit card; and being a foreigner never gave me any problems on this side. I did find work in Japan before arriving though.
what's your job? and how did you find it before going there?
I work in the educational field (saying more then that is a little too much exposure for me to write in a net forum). I found the job on the internet. There are a lot of Japanese job searching sites out there. Needless to say you need to know fluent Japanese before applying.
Go and do some research and you will find your experiences are the exception rather than the norm.
I wonder if they will give out sp figures by using those points.
No true Kona-ist would be embarrassed to show appreciation for her!
Also, where is Mio card!?
Hahaha. I would think Soujirou would have a credit card with his own daughter on it.
MUST APPLY FOR JAPANESE CREDIT CARD!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
*Power level goes over 9000*
And what about your credit limit? D:
i'd buy it, with tsukasa on it :3
i need one of this for collection jeje...
The greatest pice of plastic ever made... ever...
Here in Sweden we can get any picture we want on our credit cards. For a small fee.
I have my credit card with Kagami. It's so cool!
Seeing this makes me want to spend a five dollars getting a new debit card with this picture on it. I probably will. Right after my vacation xD
If there was a Haruhi card, I would be down at the bank signing up...now only if they did custom card prints here in Oz.
Don't they have that at ANZ?
They do, but they don't allow certain images, (they consider anime cartoons thus not allowed) The bastards.
Isn't otakus prefer carrying large wads of cash and they don't trust credit cards much?
Too bad Hongkong hasn't adopt any of those idea,the closest was a batman card.If they ever embrace this idea than I would want a gundam pic in it.
i smell shop =..=
Shopping? Of course you should shop with this...
~ TOUCHÉ
And there goes the international credit crisis, ratcheting up ... XP
who would've thought it'd be konata saving japan's economic crisis?
Guess it's pretty nice.
But still, I rather get a custom printed card, I've had one for few years now.
Inspired by these news, I think I could get a new one though.
I want this!!!
"or in other words the funny looks may be too embarrassing"
I'd be proud to use this card!
BTW, LOL'd @ 0FC... almost DFC. (´∀`)
Hmm, I have this one:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3688/img0028r.jpg
i wonder
if the owners to the rights of Anime already licensed in the US would allow users to upload anime pics on to credit cards without their consent
what they don't know can hurt them
As long as the image is not makeing money
Here in the US there are several companies that let you upload a picture of your choice for your credit card. :P
i know here is the one I want but they won't let me print it. to emo or something.
http://i39.tinypic.com/6rty5h.jpg
with a card like that you got issues I wouldn't even want to touch
lol
DICK MOVE!
it was a TRAP card
Not only in the US...
Icy-Nee-San....
BAW....
i thought the same thing... LMAO
Oh my, someone made a credit card of me...
>__>||
<__<||
^___^''
now you mention it xD
This picture is just soooooooooooo adoring ^^
I would like to have such a credit card too q.q
Well.. if you have enough money, the banks maybe make an exception
OMG you are famous Icy-nee-san,can I have your autograph pa-leaze?
What's next, lucky star currency??
Maybe?
Well, here in the US, banks have been offering custom printed cards for a while now. I'm about to get myself a Mio card soon :3
WHICH BANK. I NEED TO KNOW.
capital one makes custom cards.
Wellsfargo offers this service as well.
must have..
So the world has finnally understood the value of anime advertizing. Posters, Bus tickets, Credit Cards, it all sells.
If you build it they will come.
Hopefully this doesn't come with a henious killer APR that the average crazed otaku won't give a damn about.
Also, Big Fukcing Shits, you could easily do this with a Capital One card with any image you wa-
...why don't I have a Capital One card yet?
Seriously.
DO FUCKING WANT!
INDEED!! :3
true
Mio card!
... waaannnntt....hmm wonder if i can get a custom card with anime on it... must look in to this
Melona x BRS card!!! >:D
I would like to have a Mio Card :3
Correct.
:3
lOL
Lol dat face.Total ignorance bliss at you.
lol i want
Totally WANT! Not helping I'm listening to "Konata Healing".....
HOLY FUCK, I need this SO MUCH
I thoughtt most Japanese stores don't use credit cards. Or is it common in Akihabara?
US credit card companies offer custom pictures (Capital One), so I wonder if anyones used an anime pic.
You can pay for everything with card in Japan. Only very small or discount stores don't accept them.
Actually around 10 years ago, only the big stores in akiba accepted credit card. None of the medium or small ones accepted them and sometimes I was forced to go to the ATMs in the nearby banks to get cash, and even then not every bank's ATM accepted overseas cards. Also the japanese banks still lived in the stone age, the charges on the card would take over a month to be billed and appear in my statement!!! This happened for both physical an online stores.
Still. I had to pay with cash at quite a few stores, but the most places in Akihabara seemed to take cards. But the charges did take over a week to appear on my card.
CIao!
they don't allow "cartoons" according to their guidelines for the capital one. i'm probably going to try anyways.
more than likly for legal reasons
ya most likely and yup got rejected
im getting a suigintou im thinking i havnt realy decided on it. i may brs or miku.
I would get.
I have a custom credit card with all the girls from sayonara zetsubou sensei on it. I find it very funny when paying for stuff, it's a real good conversation starter.
Does it involve Mr. Despair's hanging?
I don't think the girls stand-alone could bring out much to talk about...
unless you got their bad sides~
Why would you have a conversation with the shop clerk. No queues in your country?
it's an attention grabber, people like to talk
I want Saber credit card. NOW.
Nice card design!
Does anyone have an original of the image used on the card? :D
DO WANT!!!
XBox 360 Elite with Halo 3 and Fable 2- $400
Cardcaptor Sakura Clow Card Limited Edition Blu-Ray box set- $858.
Strike Witches Sanya Litvak Dakimakura- $87
Being and extremely moe otaku- Priceless.
needs an kagamin credit card too.
I have a credit with lesbian lolis. "Design-your-card" \o/
Here
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4341/10225381.jpg
óh, anonnak is Énkártyája van
oh my what series is that from